Intensive Listening
（Professor）Oh，Hi。Melanie，how are you doing？
（Stu）I'm good，thanks. I just have some problems with paper on your class. do you have a second to talk about it now?
oh, yes, no problem. I have about twenty minutes before my next class. will that be enough time?
yeah, I think so. ok, the thing is, you know, ok, I'm writing my paper on the history of jazz in newYork city.
all right. well, that's a pretty broad subject.
well, actually I'm focusing on I focus on specific jazz decade , the fifties and on，I am only doing it on a few specific arts artists.
oh, ok, because I was going to say that seems seemed a bit too ambitious to a ten pages ten-page paper.
yeah... No, it's not the subject that I have trouble with. actually，the paper particularly practically writing itself. I‘m I’ve got a lot to say of said and it's going pretty well. the thing is that I have the idea that I'll make it better and I was wondering if there are anyway I can get an extension. I mean I know it's due next week, right?
That's right, on monday. but I don't understand, it sounds like you doing so well, why do you need more time?
yeah, well, I couldn write paper as this it and turn it on time and it would be fine.
but,
but, I was just talking one of my friends whose family live in newYork forever. and it turns out that his grandfather was actually there in the period of jazz I‘m writing about. I meanc he was a jazz musician and he actually like personally knew the artists some writing about.
you are kidding！ that's coincidence.
I know it's cool，right？so anyway that's why I’m wondering if I can get a extension because I thought it wold be really great if I could like interview him in my paper. but I don't think I can meet with him as early as next week. So
uh, I see, well it would certainly add a new dimension in your paper，wouldn't it？ have you talk to this gentleman yet？
No，but I talk to my freind just，you know，ran let my idea passed past her， and she said he would be lovely to do it. But you know he is busy still next week.
Ok, well, Yeah, I think that in this case we can definitely extend you deadline until as said Friday next week.
Ok, that would be great.
But, just to be fair,why don't you turn it in an outline of paper on the due date?
the outline? oh, that's no problem.it's basically done except the part of the interview.
oh yeah, the interview. could you have the questions ready then too ？The ones you planning want to asking ？
Sure，yeah，I can do that too
And I‘ll expect the final draft next friday. （final draft 是 终稿的意思）
Ok, great, thanks.
sure, I'm looking forward to reading it.
Summary
原来 extension 还有延期的意思，之前暑假上的 UCSD extension 中 “extension” 只是分部的意思。